Don I sympathise with your problem - my great grandfather changed his place of origin depending on what form he was filling in! I don't think that it was intentional just a misinterpretation of the question of the question being asked. If you asked me "where do you come from?" I could reply "Stirling, in Scotland" because that is where I live, but, equally I could reply "Belfast, N Ireland" because that is where I was born. Your ancestors could well have been telling the truth when they answered Cork, Leitrim or Antrim depending on what they thought they were answering. Good luck in finding where they were born. Terry >-- Original Message -- >Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 12:57:25 -0700 (PDT) >From: Don McGovern <mcgovds@yahoo.com> >Subject: [IRISH-NYC] Irish County of Origin & Incorrect Family Information >To: IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com >Reply-To: IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com > > >I want to share my experience in researcing my Irish >ancestors county of origin and see if what I found was >common among other researchers. > >According to my McGovern family stories we either >originated in County Antrim or County Cork in Ireland. > My great grandfather, James McGovern, originally from >Ireland, stated he was from Co. Antrim. His eldest >brother, Bernard McGovern, also from Ireland, stated >they were from Co. Cork. (Don't know if this matters >or not, James converted to a Protestant religion and >Bernard remained Catholic. I noticed Co. Antrim is >predominantly Protestant, Co. Cork is predomintately >Catholic). > >Here is where the story gets even worse. After >researching for approximately a year I made a big >discovery while looking through ship manifests. I >found my McGovern's on a ship from Liverpool, arriving >NYC on March 9, 1849. Included were guess who, >Bernard and James, and the family listed Co. Leitrim, >Ireland as their place of origin. I have done alot of >research since then to try and prove or disprove these >were my ancestors and all the information points to >the ship manifest as being correct. > >Has anyone else run in to family stories about County >of Origin in Ireland that did not pan out? What was >the big deal about what county you were from and that >a person might mis-state where they were from? > > >Thanks, > > >Don McGovern >Researching: McGovern and Cullen's, 4th Ward NYC > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes >http://finance.yahoo.com > > >==== IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Mailing List ==== >Mark your calendar for the 11th annual Genealogy and Technology (GENTECH) >conference - Digital Technology...The Ancestral Frontier - in Phoenix, Arizona >on January 17-18, 2003. For the latest information, please visit the website >regularly: http://www.gentech.org > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Heres another...One of my ancestors did not say where he was born or where he lived. When asked where he came from,he put down the port he left from....lol, slick,and he wasn't really lying...that is where he just came from! Maureen (NY,USA) Ye Old Directory Shoppe Select from 166 archived directory cds http://yeoldedirectoryshoppe.com/oldcitydirectories/CD.html Cem.Photos,FREE transcription & look-up pages,message board,more!all on-line! Sign up now to become a resource volunteer! ----- Original Message ----- From: <tvhowe@lineone.net> To: <IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 3:18 AM Subject: RE: [IRISH-NYC] Irish County of Origin & Incorrect Family Information > Don > I sympathise with your problem - my great grandfather changed his place > of origin depending on what form he was filling in! I don't think that > it was intentional just a misinterpretation of the question of the question > being asked. If you asked me "where do you come from?" I could reply "Stirling, > in Scotland" because that is where I live, but, equally I could reply "Belfast, > N Ireland" because that is where I was born. Your ancestors could well > have been telling the truth when they answered Cork, Leitrim or Antrim depending > on what they thought they were answering. > > Good luck in finding where they were born. > > Terry > > >-- Original Message -- > >Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 12:57:25 -0700 (PDT) > >From: Don McGovern <mcgovds@yahoo.com> > >Subject: [IRISH-NYC] Irish County of Origin & Incorrect Family Information > >To: IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com > >Reply-To: IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > >I want to share my experience in researcing my Irish > >ancestors county of origin and see if what I found was > >common among other researchers. > > > >According to my McGovern family stories we either > >originated in County Antrim or County Cork in Ireland. > > My great grandfather, James McGovern, originally from > >Ireland, stated he was from Co. Antrim. His eldest > >brother, Bernard McGovern, also from Ireland, stated > >they were from Co. Cork. (Don't know if this matters > >or not, James converted to a Protestant religion and > >Bernard remained Catholic. I noticed Co. Antrim is > >predominantly Protestant, Co. Cork is predomintately > >Catholic). > > > >Here is where the story gets even worse. After > >researching for approximately a year I made a big > >discovery while looking through ship manifests. I > >found my McGovern's on a ship from Liverpool, arriving > >NYC on March 9, 1849. Included were guess who, > >Bernard and James, and the family listed Co. Leitrim, > >Ireland as their place of origin. I have done alot of > >research since then to try and prove or disprove these > >were my ancestors and all the information points to > >the ship manifest as being correct. > > > >Has anyone else run in to family stories about County > >of Origin in Ireland that did not pan out? What was > >the big deal about what county you were from and that > >a person might mis-state where they were from? > > > > > >Thanks, > > > > > >Don McGovern > >Researching: McGovern and Cullen's, 4th Ward NYC > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > >http://finance.yahoo.com > > > > > >==== IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Mailing List ==== > >Mark your calendar for the 11th annual Genealogy and Technology (GENTECH) > >conference - Digital Technology...The Ancestral Frontier - in Phoenix, > Arizona > >on January 17-18, 2003. For the latest information, please visit the website > >regularly: http://www.gentech.org > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid= 1237 > > > > > > > ==== IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Mailing List ==== > Please keep your anti-virus software up-to-date and run frequent scans! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1 237 >